It is about where we thought. A to Obama said the Sen. raised $30, the Clinton campaign has said her haul would be about $27 million, Edwards did exceed expectations and raise $9 million undoubtedly thanks to Ann Coulter and the publicity the spat between her and Ms. Edwards received.

Gov. Bill Richardson took in a nice $7 million.

Unsure about Republicans but it looks like Romney will be lower than last quarter, Giuliani will have gained and McCain, well, he will be McCain.

Patrick Ruffini has an interesting piece on TechPresident noting that MittTV & HillaryHub, both of which have received stellar and unending press, aren’t exactly innovative. I won’t spoil the whole thing so go read it BUT I did want to wholly agree.

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You know I actually think a lot of people in Congress look alike but I was watching Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt on C-Span today and I ran across something startling. Look at these pictures:

He looks like California Representative Duncan Hunter! Worse than that they actually sound exactly the same too. Someone needs to look into this!

Frankly I had never heard Duncan Hunter speak until he started running for president and I hadn’t really paid much attention to him either. The likeness is scary though.

From The Hill:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) communications director Thursday said he expects the campaign to take in about $27 million in the second quarter but added that he anticipates Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to “significantly” eclipse that total.

So the Clinton camp is lowering expectations while raising them for the Obama campaign. Is it honest or is it playing politics? I have no idea but the fact that both candidates will raise that much money in the second quarter is amazing, I mean utterly amazing. It also means bad news for John Edwards and other candidates and it makes it more difficult for Al Gore if he runs.

Think about it, I am sure Gore can get a ton of Hollywood support and even some business support, but can he raise that much money if he jumps in around September?

Now remember one thing, Money is by no means the final determinate. All the money in the world cannot help if one or both of the campaigns start flubbing up or of the electorate doesn’t want them. Still its pretty darn impressive.

The immigration bill appears dead in the Senate. Will now undoubtedly continue to be a major campaign issue and Democrats are hoping it will favor them.